NA Fleet Management (Nashville, TN)
About the role
Join us in transforming the future of fleet management at Philips. As the North America Fleet Program Manager, you will lead strategy and operations for a fleet of approximately 5,000 drivers across the U.S. and Canada. This role offers a rare opportunity to refresh and modernize our fleet program, driving improvements in processes, technology, analytics, and vendor partnerships. You'll collaborate with business leaders and external partners to develop innovative solutions, enhance the driver experience, streamline operations, and provide meaningful insights that support strategic decision-making and reporting across North America.
Your role
- Lead strategy, policy and governance, while developing and optimizing fleet policies, vehicle eligibility criteria, long-term fleet strategy, and strategic roadmaps while ensuring alignment with Finance, Business stakeholders, and EHS/Safety requirements.
- Manage strategic fleet operations through third-party service providers, driving service excellence, operational performance, KPI attainment, issue resolution, and continuous process optimization across the fleet lifecycle.
- Manage financial performance and vendor partnerships, while owning fleet budget planning and forecasting, reporting and analytics, supplier and vendor relationships, contract negotiations, and executive vehicle programs to maximize value, compliance, and operational effectiveness.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience with Bachelor's OR Minimum 3 years of experience with Master's in areas such as Business, Process Optimization, Accounting, or equivalent.
- Proven experience managing large-scale fleet programs and vendor relationships, leading cross-functional initiatives, and using strategy, analytics, and execution to drive fleet and business performance.
- Strong understanding of fleet systems and related operational processes.
- Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Human Resources, Communications, Business Administration, Organization Development or equivalent.
- Must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company's facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company's main facilities, generally at the customers' or suppliers' locations. This is an Office role.
About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.
Pay
The pay range for this position in Nashville, TN $93,000 to $148,000. The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity. In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives, may be offered.
Benefits
Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more.
Schedule
This is an Office role. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Nashville, TN. Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position.
US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.